Deviant Behavior: Crime, Conflict, and Interest Groups

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Allyn and Bacon, 2000 - Education - 454 pages
Beginning with the premise that the definition of deviance is fluid and depends on the time and place of those trying to define it, this text discusses specific behaviors in the context of interest group conflict. The first three chapters provide a theoretical perspective on deviance. The second sec

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Perspectives on Deviance
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Anomie
55
Why Is Certain Behavior Deviant?
84
Copyright

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